{"product_id":"bloomsday-100-essays-on-ulysses-paperback","title":"Bloomsday 100: Essays on Ulysses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMorris Beja\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Fogarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e is always lauded as one of western culture's most important books. This collection of essays re-asserts the worth and vitality of Joyce's monumental text, not because it is challenging but because it speaks so powerfully to significant present-day issues: anti-Semitism, film, melodrama, fashion, photography, silenced women, advertising, and more.\"--Jennifer Fraser, author of \u003ci\u003eRite of Passage in the Narratives of Dante and Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 16, 2004, was the one hundredth anniversary of Bloomsday, the day that James Joyce's novel \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003etakes place. To celebrate the occasion, thousands took to the streets in Dublin, following in the footsteps of protagonist Leopold Bloom. The event also was marked by the Bloomsday 100 Symposium, where world-renowned scholars discussed Joyce's seminal work. This volume contains the best, most provocative readings of \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003epresented at the conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume urge a close engagement with the novel. They offer readings that focus variously on the materialist, historical, and political dimensions of \u003ci\u003eUlysses. \u003c\/i\u003eThe diversity of topics covered include nineteenth-century psychology, military history, Catholic theology, the influence of early film and music hall songs on Joyce, the post-\u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eevolution of the one-day novel, and the challenge of discussing such a complex work amongst the sea of extant criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders benefit from the erudition, elegance, humor, and originality of a wide variety of Joyce scholars.--\u003ci\u003eEnglish Literature in Transition 1880-1920\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e is always lauded as one of western culture's most important books. This collection of essays re-asserts the worth and vitality of Joyce's monumental text, not because it is challenging but because it speaks so powerfully to significant present-day issues: anti-Semitism, film, melodrama, fashion, photography, silenced women, advertising, and more.\"--Jennifer Fraser, author of \u003ci\u003eRite of Passage in the Narratives of Dante and Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e June 16, 2004, was the one hundredth anniversary of the day on which James Joyce's novel \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e takes place. Now celebrated as Bloomsday, the date is among the most celebrated and famous in modern literary history. To observe the centennial, thousands took to the streets in Dublin, following in the footsteps of protagonist Leopold Bloom. The occasion also was marked by the Bloomsday 100 Symposium, where world-renowned scholars discussed Joyce's seminal work. This volume contains the best, most provocative readings of \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e presented at the conference.The contributors to \u003ci\u003eBloomsday 100\u003c\/i\u003e urge a close engagement with the novel. They offer readings that focus variously on the materialist, historical, and political dimensions of \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e. The diversity of topics covered include nineteenth-century psychology, military history, Catholic theology, the influence of early film and music hall songs on Joyce, the post-\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e evolution of the one-day novel, and the challenge of discussing such a complex work amongst the sea of extant criticism. Morris Beja, professor emeritus of English at Ohio State University, is the author or coauthor of many books on Joyce and other modernists, including \u003ci\u003eTwenty-First Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e. Anne Fogarty, professor of English at University College Dublin and president of the International James Joyce Foundation, is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eJoyce on the Threshold\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003ci\u003eA volume in The Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sebastian D. G. Knowles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorris Beja\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eprofessor emeritus of English at Ohio State University, is the author or coauthor of many books on Joyce and other modernists, including \u003ci\u003eTwenty-First Joyce. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Fogarty\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English at University College Dublin and president of the International James Joyce Foundation, is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eJoyce on the Threshold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702598168883,"sku":"9780813041971","price":47.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bWI3NXNtQmNKS0dvME5Wc2xhQ1d2dz09.webp?v=1763312425","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/bloomsday-100-essays-on-ulysses-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}